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The US State Department on Tuesday said it was withholding more than half of the planned funding for UN agency that looks after Palestinians, but dismissed suggestions that it was being done to punish Palestine which had forced a UN vote on the US decision to move its embassy to Jerusalem. US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert told reporters at …

He’s on Wanted Posters in U.S., and Campaign Posters in Pakistan For years, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, one of the most-wanted militant leaders in South Asia, has lived in the open in Pakistan despite a $10 million American bounty on his head. He has mocked efforts by the United States to capture him and led large public gatherings in Lahore, Pakistan’s …

Iran Says New U.S. Sanctions Violate Nuclear Deal Furious over new American sanctions, Iran said on Tuesday that it had lodged a complaint with the commission that polices possible violations of the Iranian nuclear agreement. The complaint, disclosed by the speaker of Parliament, Ali Larijani, accused the United States of breaching the 2015 agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan …

The Senate on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to confirm Christopher A. Wray as the next FBI director, filling the critical post that has remained vacant since President Trump fired James B. Comey in May. Trump’s firing of Comey immediately led to accusations that he was trying to impede the bureau’s investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and ultimately …

President Trump and Republicans in Washington have shaken the confidence of their supporters after a punishing and self-inflicted series of setbacks that have angered activists, left allies slack-jawed and reopened old fissures on the right. A seemingly endless sequence of disappointments and blunders has rattled Mr. Trump’s volatile governing coalition, like Mr. Trump’s attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions; a …

The White House offered conflicting views Sunday of whether President Trump supports the Russia sanctions legislation in Congress, with his top spokesmen contradicting one another just days after launching plans for a more effective messaging strategy. If Trump was hoping his communications shake-up would bring a fresh approach for a White House that has struggled to respond to a constant …

Here’s the thing about the Mooch: When he sets a goal for himself, he somehow seems to find a way to accomplish it. The Mooch, of course, is Anthony Scaramucci, the new White House communications director for President Trump. For those of us who have covered Mr. Scaramucci’s unlikely career on Wall Street over the years, his surprise appointment last …

Former FBI Director James Comey delivered his much-anticipated testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday, June 8, 2017. I am back in Washington, D.C., wearing my CNN analyst/contributor hat, covering the proceedings. Trump has hired a crony, a New York lawyer who has handled his divorces and defamation actions, rather than someone who knows the ways of Washington. Trump …

China is set to benefit from a possible pulling back of investment by U.S. companies in Africa under the Trump administration, according to a report. The number of Chinese-funded projects increased by more than 100 percent in 2016 compared to the previous year, according to the Africa Attractiveness survey released on Wednesday by EY, formerly Ernst & Young. By contrast, …

Wall Street has never been more profitable and that could be a big problem. The banking industry has cheered President Trump’s promise to roll back regulations put in place after the financial crisis to rein in Wall Street. But the industry’s record-setting profits complicate the arguments for rolling back those rules, which banking analysts have said could boost their profits …